| Meshuggah – Stengah Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about addiction to heroin. The lyrics all make sense in that context. Lacerating pains of degeneration speed through your trembling mind Still, in machine-like strife you gain another mile The temporary elusive goal. To reach the solace to feed once more upon the synthetic reaper of loss. No matter the outcome the cost ----The first line describes the feeling of the drug itself, while the rest describes the endless cycle of reaching that elusive high. Cold and stinging needs tearing throught the halls of your defiled. fleshmade temple with it's closing walls still you claim the worshippers pose and you bow. You kneel ----One word: withdrawal Control: Once superior now a docile pet at chaos feet Pulling the leash as it trails the scent to where all the hurt recedes Your past a blurry patch in mind. Your future once: now thin dreams filed Towards the lights of need you strive--to drink into your vein the shine. ----The addict is a slave to the drug. "Shine" is a nickname for heroin. Beaten to the unforgiving ground. lashed into submission-- by the inner starving demon. By it's unrelenting hand Still you claim the worshippers pose and you bow. You kneel to the syringe ----Once again, withdrawal Answering only to the authorities of sedation. Their calls the only ones heeded A worn out soldier touched by their contagion. A battered drone at their feet You're the only one betrayed. An outcast set afire by your inner war Your burning self so far astray. A combustion fanned from within your core. ----Describes how a long period of addiction demoralizes and breaks down one's spirit and fuels anger at onself. |
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| Meshuggah – The Exquisite Machinery Of Torture Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I see this song as describing the constant mental torture that people with depression, schizophrenia or similar illnesses subconsciously put themselves through. Eventually, the person regresses into what Haake calls "nothingness"...could be an exaggeration of the feeling of complete nothingness in one's soul. Alot of Meshuggah songs seem to be about people with mental illness. I guess that's where the name came from. | |
| Meshuggah – Combustion Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Sorry, I forgot to mention that the "eyes dilated..." part refers to the effect strong light (such as that emitted by a fire) has on the pupils. | |
| Meshuggah – Combustion Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about an arsonist who sees his work as works of art symbolizing "the burning hatred of man". Every line makes perfect sense in that context. No more ifs, no bias, no ambiguity No wondering whether this is it Clarity so brightly shining The image so painfully absolute ----The absolute, brightly shining image of a burning building No edges blurred on this awareness No unknown weight to tip the knowledge scales Eyes dilated to grasp it all As every illusion of what we are fails ----Once again, describing the absolute, unwavering nature of his work An unquestionable picture - determined, complete Its crystalline lines untouched by doubt So vivid, so deprived of hesitation Shining in its evil splendor ----Describing his work as unquestionable, determined, complete, and untouched by doubt The burning hatred of man A million degrees on display Human voracity delineated The demons in us all by fumes portrayed ----Delineated means to portray as drawn or painted art. He sees his work as art. The "burning hatred of man" and the "million degrees" part refer to the massive amount of animosity he sees in people, and he sees his work as miroring that hatred. The rest is pretty clear. Stare, see, take in, grasp Comprehend, assimilate, behold your reflection ----Basically, he's saying "Look into your own burning soul in the image of this burning building" Its framing - gold plated lies The canvas - hurting souls caught and weaved The artist - the human dream Incinerated, devoured, deceived ----Describing the havoc caused by his actions (and possibly referring to the death of the narrator) |
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